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Affiliate contract a costly mistake University Students’ Council facing a yearly $450,000 loss

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Alex Carmona News Editor When last year’s University Students’ Council passed the motion to reduce the University Community Centre fee paid by affiliate students to 38 per cent of the roughly $200 total, there was much hand-shaking and congratulation for finally giving the affiliate students a fair deal.

Until then, affiliate students had paid both their own affiliate council fees, and the full UCC fee. In a unanimous vote, the USC decided the affiliates were being forced to pay for main campus services they did not necessarily benefit from, some of which were duplicated—at their own expense—on affiliate campuses.

However, with the recent release of the 2013–14 budget, the USC is being forced to acknowledge last year’s affiliate agreement may not be financially viable in its current form. As a result of the agreement, the USC is facing a $450,000 loss per year—nearly 10 per cent of its

operating budget.

“There were many assumptions of how we could take on the loss, but [last year’s USC] didn’t properly consider how they were going to accommodate the loss when push came to shove,” Tony Ayala, vice-president finance for the USC, said.

One factor taken into account was an unexpectedly high number of first-years entering Western for the 2012­–13 school year. This provided the USC with between $100,000 and $150,000 extra revenue to make up for the shortfall. However, according to Ayala, the inherently temporary nature of this surplus was ignored by last year’s USC. “[Western’s administration] is not going to be doing that every year, and it’s going to be a $450,000 loss every year,” he noted.

Ayala went on to argue last year’s council did not do enough research when deciding the percentage of the UCC fee the affiliates should pay.

“I just think maybe not enough due diligence on the USC’s part was

done, and that’s something we have come to realize and we want to own.

My personal opinion is that I don’t think the percentage we used was reflective. It’s just not the right number,” Ayala said.

If passed, the 2013–14 budget will plug the hole with a $200,000 cash injection out of the USC’s bank account. This is in addition to a previous cash injection of $125,000 left behind from last year’s budget for the same purpose.

Ayala stressed cash injections are a completely unviable long-term solution. A simultaneous long-term strategy will also be undertaken in the form of finding cost-cutting efficiencies in USC operations. The only alternative to these efficiencies, according to Ayala, would be a $6 to $7 base increase to the general student fee.

“These injections are going to buy us time to implement a longterm strategy of finding efficiencies in our operations to make up for the shortfall,” Ayala explained.

Should enough efficiencies be found, the agreement could remain fiscally viable in its current form. If not, however, the USC and affiliate councils will likely be forced to renegotiate the amount affiliate students pay in 2016–17, when the agreement comes up for renewal.

While the agreement could, in theory, be renegotiated at an earlier point should all stakeholders agree to do so, King’s University College Students’ Council President David Ennett and president-elect Jen Carter dismissed any possibility of returning to the table before 2016.

“If there are unexpected concerns on the part of the USC, that’s unfortunate and we’re certainly going to work that out. But that doesn’t change the details of the affiliate agreement,” Ennett stated. “To be quite frank, the agreement doesn’t expire until 2017 and renegotiation doesn’t come up until 2016. The KUCSC has no intention of renegotiating the terms of the conversation until 2016, as per the agreement.”

USC looks at fee freeze Cam Smith News Editor An increase in student fees outlined in the recent University Students’ Council budget proposal has caused some controversy among faculty council presidents.

The USC has proposed a $2 increase in base student fees, continuing the trend of fee increases that have risen 92 per cent over the last five years.

Tomorrow night, Matt Helfand, Social Science Students’ Council president, intends to bring a motion to council suggesting a student fee freeze, to force consideration about the fee increase.

“The first thing that struck me as odd is that when we were presented with the budget, we saw a $2 increase—the justification for which was a ‘maintenance of the service that students have come to expect,’” he explained. “We have an inflationary fee built into the budget to maintain service levels. So why is it we needed an extra $2 just to maintain these service levels?”

I think, from our perspective, we’re glad there is debate on the budget.

—Adam Fearnall

University Students’ Council president

Helfand explained the fee was to compensate for Western Connections, which needed additional money to continue to support clubs. However, he noted past councils should have addressed this years ago.

“If we don’t pass this $2 fee, students will be hurt by it, clubs will be hurt by it. But why is it the case that one year ago, or two years ago, they didn’t see this and they didn’t >> see Councillors pg.3

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Caught on Camera

Crossword By Eugene Sheffer Logan Ly GAZETTE

TWO FAIRY GODMOTHERS. On Saturday, the Purple Spur presented their annual fashion show at Western’s Great Hall, with proceeds going toward CANFAR. The show, titled POISON, tackled scenes from six classic Grimm Brothers’ tales.

Worlds sticks landing in London

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Jacqueline Ting Gazette Staff The city of London’s skates are sharpened, laced and fully prepared for the ISU World Figure Skating Championships hitting the rink this week.

The city has been preparing for months leading up to the competition’s official start on Wednesday.

Until then, the downtown core is buzzing with activity and excitement.

“We are prepared for the WFSC. We have been cleaning up our downtown over the last couple of weeks and it looks tremendous,” John Winston, general manager of Tourism London, said.

London welcomes an estimated 35,000 spectators, with an estimated 3,500 of that total from

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outside the city and from around the world.

“We’ve had visitors in our tourism office from New Zealand, Australia, we’ve met people from Germany just recently—it’s really quite a variety of visitations. A Japanese component is very strong here. Of course, the Japanese are very avid figure skating fans and we anticipate well in excess of 100 Japanese fans, maybe more,” Winston said.

The downtown core is expected to be extraordinarily busy with the influx of figure skating fans, which is unusual for this time of year.

“Although it’s spring break and traditionally hotels have very low occupancy, there is not a room you can find in the city of London for this week. There are close to 4,000 rooms that are full—that means the restaurants will be full,” Winston said. “This is a high-yield group of people who travel from all over the world each year to attend world figure skating.”

Gearing up for the event, Tourism London has implemented a variety of initiatives to welcome visitors, including Light Up London, an LED light program featuring the championship’s colours. Over 500 volunteers are involved in a concierge program, greeting visitors at the London International airport,

with 70 of these volunteers in tourism information centres and the Covent Garden Market to answer general questions about the city for visitors.

Tourism London also hopes to engage the London community by hosting a free outdoor sound and lights show on the facade of Budweiser Gardens on the Talbot Street side at 8 p.m and 10 p.m every night this week.

“It’s about a 10 to 12 minute production and it’s worthy of seeing, believe me. It’s a great experience,” Winston said.

“So far the accolades have been pretty strong and we’re very happy with the response we’re getting from the local community. It’s very community-engaged, and very visitor-engaged. We hope that people will enjoy it.”

As the host city for the Worlds, it’s expected the local economy will be significantly affected.

“The economic impact is estimated to be approximately $28 million and that’s a huge boost to the local economy. That’s the direct impact, both in London and in the area. By the time you spread it around the province and country, add another $10 million on top of that. That’s the sort of estimated direct and indirect impact on the city of London,” Winston said.

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Councillors seek fee-dback Women’s and men’s

issues debate heats up Herb Richardson Gazette Staff

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try to avoid a $2 fee down the road?”

Helfand asked. “This fee freeze is to force the USC and executives to look down the road and say, ‘We don’t have the option at the end of the tunnel to raise the student fee.’”

For the USC, this critical eye is encouraged to ensure student money is being spent most effectively.

“I think, from our perspective, we’re glad there is debate on the budget,” Adam Fearnall, USC president, explained. “I think that when it comes to ‘dissatisfaction,’ it comes down to different perspectives on how the USC should be presenting its budget.”

Despite the budget proposal controversy, Fearnall asserted fee increases were necessary to maintain the services students want. “[What] it comes down to is that services cost money to deliver, and we want to continue to deliver the

services that students want to see,” he explained. “What we really want to underscore to people is that the

If we don’t pass this $2 fee, students will be hurt by it, clubs will be hurt by it. But why is it the case that one year ago, or two years ago, they didn’t see this and they didn’t try to avoid a $2 fee down the road?

—Matt Helfand

Social Science Students’ Council president

choice they have is between getting those services, and having lower student fees. At the end of the day, we’re more than willing to have that

discussion.”

The Faculty of Information and Media Studies Students’ Council has posted information about the fee increases on their website, intending to raise student awareness.

“The intended goal is three-fold.

Firstly, it is our goal to inform our constituents about the budget in a way that resonates with them,” Jordan Coop, FIMSSC president, explained. “Secondly, we hope to garner feedback from students, so as to ensure that we make a decision that reflects the entire faculty and thirdly, our intention is also to contextualize this year’s increase by situating it within a broader context of rising student fees and the overall affordability of post-secondary education.”

“If nothing else, we hope to foster a critical approach to USC student fees—one that has, until now, been disconcertingly absent,” Coop added.

Free speech nearly went up in flames at the University of Toronto Sunday night.

Janice Fiamengo, a University of Ottawa professor invited by U of T’s Men’s Issues Awareness Society, and the Canadian Association for Equality to deliver a speech denouncing women’s studies at the university, had just begun her speech when the fire alarm was pulled.

The conflict quickly ignited debate between men’s and women’s rights activists.

Wendy Pearson, undergraduate chair in the faculty of women’s studies, commented the concerns with men’s issues related to how the topic was displayed, and how the media depicts feminism in a harsh light.

“I think there are so many ways you could think about men’s rights.

If it’s ‘Oh, poor us, we’re not getting all the advantages that women have,’ then that’s actually problematic— it’s basically saying, ‘Oh no, we can’t compete on a fair playing field, we want to go back to having the old rules that gave us preference in the first place,’” Pearson said. “But I think that there are ways that people do men’s rights that aren’t that.”

Iain Dwyer, spokesperson for the Canadian Association for Equality and a co-founder of Men’s Issues Awareness at U of T, had a different perspective on the conflict between feminist and men’s issue interests.

“I think a lot of [the conflict] has to do with misunderstandings.

They basically assume that we’re about men, meaning we’re against women, which we’re absolutely not,” Dwyer said. “A lot of people, as soon as you talk about men’s issues, they assume you want to dismiss or belittle women’s issues.

It’s not about feminism going crazy, it’s about ‘men are people too, men have problems too.’”

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Jess Kiley, a Women’s Issues Network executive at Western, also weighed in on the issue, commenting many of the issues men’s rights groups advocated for also fit in a feminist perspective.

“I think that something that’s really sad seems to be the disconnect with groups with people that identify themselves as men’s rights activists, and put themselves in opposition to feminism, because I don’t think feminism is in opposition to the issues they want to explore,” Kiley said.

News Briefs

Fontana under investigation…again Ontario Ombudsman André Marin has launched a formal investigation into a restaurant meeting on February 23 that involved Mayor Joe Fontana and six city councillors.

Marin’s office received 60 complaints from the public about the meeting at Billy T’s, the most it has ever received relating to a single incident since it began dealing with municipal closed meetings in 2008.

According to a press release, the Ombudsman assigned members of the Special Ombudsman Response Team to conduct a preliminary assessment of the complaints, and SORT investigators will work with the Ombudsman’s Open Meeting Law Enforcement Team.

Present at the lunch meeting was a quorum of members of council’s investment and economic prosperity committee. In attendance were councillors Bud Polhill, Stephen Orser, Joe Swan, Sandy White, Dale Henderson and Paul Van Meerbergen, who, in addition to councillor Denise Brown, have been dubbed the ‘Fontana 8.’

Controversy surrounded the meeting from the time it was discovered. The councillors gave many different stories of how the meeting came about, and what was talked about at the meeting. According to some councillors, the meeting was spontaneous and coincidental, although the restaurant said Fontana specifically booked the back room where they met. The mayor has denied anything inappropriate happened and will cooperate with the investigation.

The Ombudsman declined to comment, saying the investigation is still in the early stages.

—Iain Boekhoff

New bill pushes for tan ban Ontario youth under the age of 18 may no longer receive their bronze glow from salon tanning beds.

Deb Matthews, Ontario Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, introduced a bill this Thursday that, if passed, would ban the sale of tanning salon services to those under 18. This bill would also require operators to obtain ID from anyone appearing to be age 25 and younger.

“The ultra violet light is considered a carcinogen, so it causes skin cancer. It is much more important for younger people,” because they are going to live longer,” Kevin Jordan, a medical physicist and member of the London Regional Cancer Program, said, explaining the elderly often don’t have to live with the disease for such a long period of time.

Advertising and marketing of tanning services geared toward those under 18 would also be prohibited under the bill. Similarly, operators would have to have information visible to their clientele regarding the health risks associated with exposure to sun bed’s rays.

“The one that is the most dangerous is melanoma, which can be fatal to people. It would be just terrible for an adult, for a cosmetic reason, to end up with a fatal cancer that could have been avoided,” Jordan said.

Provinces such as Québec, British

Columbia, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland already have outright bans in place, and youth in Manitoba are required to provide parental consent.

—Charlotte Morritt

TEDxWesternU speakers announced TEDxWesternU, a local and selforganized event for Western students that mirrors the popular TED conferences, has just announced its speaker line-up for the April 5 event.

There will be a total of eight speakers, each giving 18-minute talks on various topics meant to inspire and provoke discussion amongst attendees.

Among the speakers is Western’s own Gregory Kopp, professor of engineering. Kopp explained he will be outlining some of the ways we can reduce natural disasters with relatively little technology and expenses.

“I think the TED talks are interesting because they introduce big ideas where we can think about the world in a different way, so being involved in the event will be fun,” he said.

The remaining speakers include Jessica Grahn, a cognitive neuroscientist, Jean-Philippe Vergne, an assistant professor at the Richard Ivey School of Business, Rob Stewart, director of the film Sharkwater, Andrew Lewis, an award-winning art director-designer, Jesse Hirsch, an Internet strategist, Douglas Birkenshaw, a renowned architect and Tima Bansal, director of the Centre for Building Sustainable Value.

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tuesdaytweet @robdelaney: I just thought "I wish my dog had a phone so I could text him a picture of these hot dogs on this tree stump."

—Rob Delaney, American comedian.

Aeolian celebrates Generations of Music Sumedha Arya Arts & Life Editor This Thursday, Aeolian Hall will be hosting musicians Rick McGhie, The Allens and The Bootlegs in an event titled Generations of Music.

While the Aeolian is known for hosting an array of talent, there's something different about this particular event—it's a benefit concert run by continuing studies students from Western.

The third party-initiated concert began as an idea that six notfor-profit management students had during their events management course, which started this past January. In groups, students enrolled in this class were asked to run an event for an organization in the community they were passionate about.

Alison Curcio, a graduate from Western and one of the organizers and media coordinator for Generations of Music, says her group members—three of whom are faculty of music graduates from Western—were drawn to the Aeolian due to its fundamental role in the London community. “[We were drawn to the Aeolian] not only due to the performances they host, but also due to their commitment to education and outreach,” Curcio says.

As part of Generations of Music, Curcio and her classmates have been doing some outreach of their own by motivating discussion about music’s significance. Through the

explains of the ongoing discourse.

Pierre Bussieres, the Aeolian’s operations coordinator, says the Aeolian, which is a not-for-profit charity, would not be functioning without donor support and volunteers.

“We have a large roster of volunteers that help out with the hall, that help out with events and that help out with our El Sistema program.

With this benefit, it’s really exciting for us to have the support of Western Continuing Studies,” shares

Bussieres, who handles the Aeolian’s rentals, volunteer coordination and donor relations.

Bussieres adds the money generated from Generations of Music will be going into the Aeolian’s general production and maintenance fund, which helps bring new artists to the hall.

Andrew Oliver and Brady Burke, Western students who are part of indie-rock band The Bootlegs, are new artists themselves—and are looking forward to performing for

the London community in support of this event. Oliver and Burke, who are in third-year media, information and technoculture and first-year Ivey, respectively, say their musical style is inspired by bands like the Red Hot Chili Peppers and The Strokes.

“We love playing rock music, and it’ll be some promotion for us,” Oliver says. “It’s exciting to be performing alongside Rick McGhie.”

While mobilizing talent and putting together an event of this scale was no easy task—especially in a time frame of about eight weeks— the event organizers took a “divide and conquer” approach to their responsibilities, and they have found community support to be overwhelming.

“I wasn’t sure if it was an idea that would catch on, but we’ve had a lot of support through our Facebook campaign, local businesses that have donated silent auction items and the musical acts donating their time to this cause,” Curcio says. “I’ve been overwhelmed by how much support there is for the idea that music is important in people’s lives.”

Once the Generations of Music benefit concert is over, Curcio and her classmates will be connecting back to the Aeolian to get feedback and will complete a reflection component in class.

Generations of Music will take place this Thursday, March 14 at Aeolian Hall. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Tickets are $10 in advance and $15 at the door.

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event’s Facebook page, London community members are invited to share their thoughts on how music has impacted them. These short narratives and anecdotes, which are a combination of text and video, will be displayed during the concert through print and projection.

“The bands will also be addressing the importance of music to them, and audience members will have the opportunity to view stories and contribute stories on our campaign page after the event,” Curcio

Editor’s Picks > The essentials for your week

IN THEATRES The Call

What’s more terrifying than Halle Berry with short, curly hair? The Call—because it’s a movie that incorporates both a menacing killer and this unflattering hair-don’t.

Directed by Brad Anderson, the man who brought us The Machinist and the television series Fringe, the film follows Berry as a 911 operator who receives a call from a girl who has been abducted. A matured Abigail Breslin plays the girl in peril. Some of us will recognize Breslin from such films as Little Miss Sunshine and My Sister’s Keeper.

Though it may be horrifying to picture this sweet, awkward girl thrown into the trunk of a car, Berry’s hairstyle is still the main antagonist.

ON TV Bates Motel

Though not as chilling as Halle Berry’s hair in The Call, Psycho is one of Alfred Hitchcock’s most infamous films. To capitalize on Hitchcock’s legacy, A&E created a drama television series depicting the life of Norman Bates and his mother prior to the events portrayed in Hitchcock’s film. Though you may not want to associate yourself with this twisted mother-son relationship, you can take pride in the fact the series has a Canadian connection, as the show was filmed in Aldergrove, British Columbia.

Life of Pi

If Ang Lee’s directorial victory at the Academy Awards was enough to peak your interest, you now have the opportunity to watch Life of Pi from the comfort of your own home—and comfort is what you’ll certainly appreciate after watching the film. When a zookeeper’s son gets cast from a sinking ship, he finds himself on lifeboat with a hyena, zebra, orangutan and Bengal tiger. Drifting along the Pacific Ocean, Pi faces starvation, thirst and—did we mention the Bengal tiger?

Life of Pi is definitely a movie to sink your teeth into as it comes out on DVD today.

The Next Day—David Bowie

If they say the third time’s the charm, then David Bowie’s new album must be stacked with charisma. As the artist’s 24th studio project, The Next Day is a testament to the fact passion doesn’t diminish with age. After all, the album was announced on Bowie’s 66th birthday. The Next Day will be a refreshing reminder of Bowie’s talents as his last album, Reality, was released in 2003. If the cover of the new album seems vaguely familiar, that’s because the backdrop is from Bowie’s 1977 album Heroes.

”5AM In Toronto”—Drake

Canada’s premiere hip-hop figure has already had a promising start to 2013, but new single “5AM In Toronto” sees him step things up a notch. These three and a half minutes of relentless rhyming over a glimmering Boi-1da beat may lack a radiofriendly hook, but Drake’s insistent, exasperated flow more than makes up for it, as he fiercely points out to us all that everything on the radio these days ‘sounds like Drake featuring Drake.’

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Lions, tigers and a weak script, oh my!

Jasmine Singh contributor GGGFF Oz the Great and Powerful Director: Sam Raimi Starring: James Franco, Michelle Williams, Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz Oz The Great and Powerful is an addition to Hollywood’s endless stream of re-dos.

In this prequel to L. Frank Baum’s timeless classic, iconic characters like Dorothy and even Toto are pushed aside to chronicle the origins of the Wizard of Oz. However, more than the wizard’s history, many real mysteries are answered, such as why are the people of Oz are so happy all the time? And how did the Wicked Witch get so green?

The story begins in Kansas, where a small-time magician and trickster by the name of Oscar Diggs (James Franco) resides. In a desperate attempt to escape from fighting a “lady friend’s” lover, he quickly finds himself in a hot air balloon amidst a tornado. After narrowly escaping death, Oscar finds himself in a strange but mystical land named Oz. In this land

of unbelievable riches and beauty, Oscar discovers he is the wizard and hero the whole kingdom has been waiting for. His previous life, goals and future intentions all begin to shift as he finds himself in the company of three witches, Theodora (Mila Kunis), Evanora (Rachel Weisz), and Glinda (Michelle Williams).

While the mystical land of Oz brings excitement and surprise to the film, the only thing the plot and story offers is predictability.

Scenes that could have potentially been shocking and surprising are just boring and time wasting.

Dialogue in the film also follows the same suit—any opportunity for intellectual or witty conversations is lost by the placement of cheesy commentary.

Although Oz is a place of magic, there is actually very little magic in the film. Sensibility and logic take the place of any otherworldly power, making this movie a practical adventure that happens to have a fantasy background. Instead, the real magic in the film lies with the graphic effects and use of colour.

Regardless of how disappointing this film is compared to the timeless classic, one cannot go without

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appreciating the amount of detail and beauty that made the world of Oz visually stunning. This high amount of specific detail is also clear in the design and implementation of costuming and physical appearance that various characters in the film have—especially the infamous Wicked Witch.

Though the script falls short, all the performances of the film

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were delivered with conviction and enthusiasm. Franco pleasantly surprised audiences with his convincing performance of a small-town magician and con man. Two stars with similarly noteworthy performances were seen in the smaller roles of the China Girl (Joey King) and Finely, the monkey (Zach Braff ). These characters give the film a sense of dreamlike charm and

kept the audience chuckling with some much needed comedic relief.

Altogether, Oz the Great and Powerful is a memorable film when it comes to aesthetic—especially in 3D. Unfortunately, the script stumbles through the land of Oz, and the awkward dialogue will have some audience members clicking their heels and thinking there’s no place like home.

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Brent Holmes Arts & Life Editor Chocolate milk. It’s the best kind of milk there is—the nectar of the gods—and an incredibly helpful beverage to drink after a hard workout.

Hospitality Services is doing a chocolate milk promotion, sponsored by Nutrel, for residence students. Students who get a card from their residence cafeterias and work out at Campus Recreation, can get a complimentary 250 ml carton of chocolate milk from any of the residence operations.

“It’s a promotion that we’ve run [before]. This is the third year now,” Anne Zok, nutrition manager at Western, says. “It’s kind of a winwin. It’s helping students to realize the importance of not only chocolate milk, but milk in general.”

Zok notes chocolate milk provides a great way to rehydrate after a hard workout because it provides carbohydrates and other nutrients and minerals that are lost during physical exercise.

“It’s made up of 85 per cent water,” Zok notes. “But it also provides carbohydrates and replenish [one’s] glycogen—a form of energy stored in our muscles—stores. It provides protein for tissue repairment and growth, and then it provides vitamins and minerals, so it is a wonderful recovery beverage.”

“However, it certainly can’t replace a poor diet. It’s all in conjunction of a healthy all around diet as well,” Zok adds.

Zok notes it is very important for students to have some carbohydrates to replace glycogen stores after working out, but also to have some sugars as well—which is why the deal focuses on chocolate milk.

“Chocolate milk is a sugar. It’s that sugar that helps replenish the glycogen stores,” Zok notes. “White milk is still going to help you with carbohydrates, but not quite as much carbohydrates as you would find in chocolate milk. The

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protein and fluid content would be the same. It’s that little bit of extra sugar that is really important to

Chocolate milk is a sugar. It’s that sugar that helps replenish the glycogen stores. White milk is still going to help you with carbohydrates, but not quite as much carbohydrates as you would find in chocolate milk.

—Anne Zok

Nutrition manager at Western.

replenish those energy stores.”

For vegan or lactose intolerant students, soy and almond milk may

contain similar amounts of sugars, however, there will potentially be shortages.

“I’ve not really looked at any kind of research that compares non-dairy milk to cow’s milk.

Mind you, and I’m just going to speculate, a sweetened non-dairy beverage is going to have comparable amount of sugar,” Zok says.

“You have to look at the protein content. I think cow’s milk would have a little bit more protein than a soy milk or almond milk.”

Consuming milk or products with a good amount of carbohydrates and minerals is key to maintaining a healthy diet and keeping the body in balance.

“When we sweat, we are losing some minerals, that function in electrolyte balance—so calcium content and potassium content as well. It’s not only the fluid that is being replaced, but some essential minerals are also being replaced,” Zok concludes.

GHFFF Hollerado White Paint Royal Mountain Records

GGGGG Suuns Images Du Futur Secret City Records

Hollerado’s new album, White Paint, released in February, is disappointing and repetitive and features juvenile lyrics. The album does spark some interest—but that interest fades. The music quickly becomes no more than white noise—and quite forcibly intrusive at that—for listeners who are not fans of extreme indie-rock-vergingon-screamo music.

For a Juno-nominated band, who will be opening for the likes of Billy Talent and Sum 41 in a tour that kicks off on March 14, Hollerado’s new music is a let down. A mellow beat will likely complement lead singer Menno Versteeg’s voice more than the current selection of unharmonious instruments.

The best part of the CD is the dedications inside, from the ode to their fathers for encouraging them to sneak beers behind their mothers’ backs, all the way to the outrageously hilarious last thank you.

Perhaps Hollerado has missed its calling—maybe the members belong on the stage in a different capacity, after all.

—Nusaiba Al-Azem

Suuns’ new album, relevantly titled Images Du Futur, takes you on a foggy, dim trance into flashing images and eerie scenes of post-apocalyptic fantasies—all from the numb comfort of your floor mattress. With its droney synth and frontman Ben Shemie’s haunting talk-singing, it’s no wonder the band’s sound is so hypnotic.

The Montreal-native group wrote, recorded and mixed Images Du Futur in the spring and summer of 2012 during and following the Québec student protest, almost deliberately making their album the soundtrack of the uprise. The tracking of Suuns’ new album is, in itself, a work of art— laced very smoothly together, the tracks evolve from electronic murmuring hymns into a rhapsody of various percussions and harmonic flavors. It is no wonder that Suuns seem to have outdone themselves since their debut album.

Images Du Futur was released March 5, and since and has received nothing but love from critics and fans.

—Randa Al-Bayoumi

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Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

—Oscar Wilde, Irish poet

Affiliate agreement hurts everyone Facing an unexpected yearly loss of $450,000 due to last year’s affiliate agreement, the University Students’ Council is scrambling to make ends meet by turning to cost-cutting measures and maximizing service efficiencies.

Fortunately, the gaping fiscal hole is an easy fix—just amend the affiliate agreement to make sure all parties pay a fair share and no one, main campus nor affiliate, is left bloodied and beaten from miscalculated student fees.

Oh, wait.

Obviously, the USC’s miscalculation and failure to account for a higher-than-normal first-year class worked out to be a great deal for the affiliates. Since affiliate students don’t use as many main campus resources, they shouldn’t have to pay 100 per cent of the fee—but that’s not to say they don’t use any.

Affiliate students should pay a student fee that lets main campus break even—no profit, but no loss either.

Moreover, this budget error raises bigger issues— the us versus them mentality of affiliates toward main campus, and main campus toward affiliates. Ideally, all four schools would view themselves as simply ‘Western’ and want to work to make Western strong, as a whole, instead of trampling the “competition.”

This shouldn’t be a situation where one party only looks out for the best interest of their students, but rather, they should have regard for the overall health of the institution. If a service at main campus starts to hurt for funds, chances are the repercussions will be felt across the board.

Is this the fault of affiliate students? Certainly not.

It was the USC’s shaky fiscal estimation of funds that allowed the deal to go through. With a new governance structure soon to take place, hopefully situations like this can be avoided in the future. But, without such expertise in place, the affiliates saw a great deal and took it.

However, when one school starts to hurt, perhaps it’s time to stop clinging to your mistakenly marked-down bargain and head back to the negotiation table—for the good of all students.

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What happened to university? The formerly elite institution of post-secondary education has come under a lot of fire in recent years, criticism that is well deserved, in my opinion.

Expressions like “degree mills” or “Cs get degrees” upset me, and that’s because there’s some truth to them. Far too many people are accepted and, of them, far too many are uninspired, to put it lightly. These people don’t really belong here at all.

I’m amazed there was once a time when fewer than a quarter of high school graduates attended university.

I used to spend a lot of time wondering how my father got into health management with a history degree, but the answer is obvious in hindsight. Back then, having a degree actually meant something—it conveyed information about you. Today, undergraduate degrees of almost any type are a dime a dozen. If getting into university and staying in isn’t very difficult, than why should it mean anything?

The solution to this degree inflation? There are no easy answers, but I wouldn’t mind seeing universities attempt to slow down growth, or maybe even cut admissions altogether. In short, to be less accessible and to be run less like a business.

Think about it. Latin and Greek used to be the languages of the universityeducated, now it’s some stupid form of brospeak, complete with sweatpants and a backwards baseball cap. The fact we can count such people among our ranks is humiliating.

You’ve probably heard, by now, we’re facing a severe shortage of people in the skilled trades and other areas. How is this possible alongside an overflow of university students? It’s because everyone is encouraged to go to university by parents and teachers, even if it isn’t necessarily the best fit for them.

Unfortunately, universities have become all too happy to accept more and more students. They come, they do poorly, they don’t learn anything and then they get their degree. You can try to tell me that the bro next to me is developing his “critical thinking” skills all you want, but I’m not convinced.

The world we live in is changing, and we need to accept that.

The power of technology has exploded over the past century, and shows no signs of slowing down—in fact, things seem to be speeding up, if anything.

Because of this, countries like Canada have seen a shift toward immaterial labour—a type of labour that benefits more from a university education.

Machines are both more able and adequate to do physical labour, and by shifting our culture back toward trades and college is to do a disservice to our minors. Why would we spend time training them for a job that a machine would just do better?

Baby boomers are currently the most massive influence in the job market, and replacing them during their inevitable retirement will require an attention to immaterial labour that can only be provided through university education.

I’m sure many people can agree high school, as a whole, turns out as a mere joke in comparison to the everyday rigors of university life, and to deny potential learners because they do not fit the design of a predominantly memory-based marking scheme is to do them a huge disservice.

Not every C-student is a slacker, and those who want to put in the work for higher education should be rewarded for their efforts, and not quashed because of a number on a piece of paper.

Even through their 20s, students continue to grow and mature, and giving more people chances to learn and guidance toward how to do this learning is integral to a strong Canada in the future.

In the future, we will inevitably need people to do work that might not require a higher education, but that doesn’t mean a higher education isn’t something everyone can strive for.

Would the world not be a better place if everyone was taught to think critically and move beyond the banality of everyday life? Only through continued university education can this become a reality, and if you don’t like the idea of less intelligent people being admitted into class, it’s probably best to just get over yourself.

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factattack Sidney Crosby has been in beast mode as of late. The best hockey player in the world is just three points away from reaching a point-per-game pace—which is all the crazier since the NHL season has only reached its halfway mark.

Rundown >> The Western Mustangs cheerleading team will host a preview night tonight at Alumni Hall at 10:00 p.m. to showcase the new routine they have been preparing for the USA Spirit Collegiate Championships.

Calgary should throw Feaster to the Flames

Jason Sinukoff Sports Editor I consider myself a pretty big Toronto Maple Leafs fan. I have been supporting the team through the good times and the bad—albeit, they have been mostly bad. It’s great to finally see the blue and white hit their stride, but times used to be

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Women’s Basketball The women’s national championship is on the line this weekend at the University of Regina. The tournament will feature two-time reigning national champion University of Windsor Lancers as the top seed.

The tournament will take place from March 15 to 17 in which the eight-team field will be dwindled down to one national champion.

Women’s Hockey The Université de Montréal Carabins captured their first CIS women’s hockey title after defeating the Calgary Dinos by a score of 3–2.

The title is also the first CIS title that the Carabins athletic program has captured since their reinstatement as an athletic program in 1995.

Carabins captain Kim Deschênes scored twice and was named finals MVP in a winning effort.

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player at most.

And as for the draft, Calgary was blessed last year when they acquired the 14th overall pick. However, instead of drafting the talented Mikhail Grigorenko, Feaster traded down to the 21st pick to pick up Mark Jankowski—a player nobody expected to be drafted in the first round anyways.

The Flames need to stop setting the blame on others and hold the fire sale that has been in the cards for years. Trade Iginla, trade Kiprusoff—heck, trade everyone.

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Men’s Hockey The University of Saskatchewan will host the 51st annual men’s hockey championships. The PotashCorp University Cup, presented by Co-op, will run from March 14 to 17 at the Credit Union Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

The University of Alberta Golden Bears enter the weekend tournament as the top seed and favourite to emerge from the three team Pool A that also features the Saint Mary’s University Huskies and Waterloo Warriors.

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Calgary’s only free-agent signing of note since Feaster took the reigns was this season’s signing of Jiri Hudler. Hudler provided some improvement on the wing, but is nothing more than a second-line

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Sports Briefs The Carleton University Ravens captured their third straight Canadian Interuniversity Sport championship in convincing fashion. The Ravens disposed of the Lakehead University Thunderwolves in convincing fashion by a score of 92–42.

The championship is the Ravens’ ninth overall W.P McGee Trophy, which is the most in CIS history.

fingers everywhere—from players to coaches. However, the blame ultimately settled on former general manager Darryl Sutter. That being said, the Flames always had hope of reaching the playoffs under Sutter, so I am going a different route and pointing my finger square in the face of current general manager Jay Feaster.

Under former general manager Darryl Sutter, the Flames boasted a lineup that included a star close to retirement in Jarome Iginla, a former star goaltender past his prime in

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way worse. No era has been darker than when John Ferguson Jr. was Toronto’s general manager. He set the team back many years by depleting our prospect pool to sign mediocre players past their prime.

My sentiments about the Ferguson-era Leafs are being echoed by Calgary Flames fans everywhere—and rightfully so, since their once-promising franchise has become nothing more than the Maple Leafs 2.0, or as I like to call them, a sinkhole.

People have been pointing

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